Elvin kaidline



(No Model.)

E. RAIDLINE.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

W/TNESSES A 77'0HNEYS PATENT OFFICE.

ELVIN RAIDLINE, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,135, dated August2, 1892.

Application filed November 4, 1891. Serial 110,410,865. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELVIN RAIDLINE, a eiti zen of the United States,residing at Bethlehem,in the countyof Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inBottle-WVashing Machines, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad therein to the accom panying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved machine for washing bottles andsimilar articles; and it has for its objects to provide a device ofsimple construction whereby said articles may be Washed and rinsed withgreat rapidity and with the expenditure of a minimum of power.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the outerend of one of the brush-shafts, showing the brush in position. Fig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view of my device. Fig. 4 is a sectional view ofthe outer end of a brush- 1shaft, and Fig. 5 is a plan View of amodifica- In the present construction I mount on a suitable base a themain standards or bearings b b, which support the main driving-shaft c.On this shaft,between the bearings,I mount a water-wheel d of anysuitable construction, the said wheel being inclosed by a suitablecasing e to prevent the water splashing over the mechanism. This casingis secured to the base a and is provided on its upper side with the pipe6' for supplying water to the wheel. The base a under the wheel is cutaway for the reception of the lower portion of the wheel and to permitthe passage of the waste water into a trough that may belocated beneaththe said plate. This trough is used as a receptacle for unwashedbottles, permitting them to soak previous to placing them upon thewashing-brushes.

Secured on the extended end of the drivingshaft is the large beveledgear-wheel f, which meshes with a smaller beveled gear-wheel g, securedon the inner end of the main horizontal brush-carrying shaft h, which ismounted in bearings h h on the base a. On this brush-carrying shaft h ismounted the beveled gear-wheel h which meshes with similarlybeveledgear-wheels i and j, mounted on the inner ends of horizontalbrush-carrying shafts 2" and which extend at right angles to the shaft hand are mounted in bearings 11" and j, secured to or formed integralwith the base-plate.

In the outer ends of the brush-carrying shafts are formed the sockets7.0,in which the tubes Z are adjustably secured by means of theset-screws in, tapped in the sockets. In these tubes Z are formed aseries of threaded perforations, through which the set-screws m pass,the inner ends of the screws bearing against the stem of the brushes n,inserted in said tubes, thereby adj ustably securing them therein.

The reduced outer ends of the brush-carrying shafts are provided withbuffersp, of rubber orany other suitable material, to prevent the mouthof the bottle becoming injured by coming in contact with the end of theshaft. These buffers are tapered toward their outer ends, so that saidends may enter the mouths of the bottles and their inner ends bearagainst shoulders 19, formed on the shafts. An annular enlargement orflange qon the reduced outer ends of these shafts fit in recesses orgrooves formed in the buffers and retain them in place. It will thus beseen that I provide a double adjustment of the brushes. The tubes Zmaybe adjusted in the sockets It to bring the brushes out or in in orderto set them in the required position over the watertroughs, and thebrushes may be adjusted in the tubes Z in order to fit bottles ofdiiferent lengths.

Instead of arranging the brushes at right angles to each other, as shownin Fig. 3, I may arrange them at oblique angles, as shown in Fig. 4, inorder to bring them closer together, so that one man may wash twobottles at a time.

If desired, I may provide separate watertroughs for each brush andsupply them with water from the pit or trough under the wheel 61; or Imaysupply one or more of said troughs with hot water, if desired.

The advantages and operation of my device will be fully understood andappreciated from the foregoing when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings. ater maybe supplied from a hydrant oranyotherconvenient source of supply, and the number and size of brushesmay be varied at pleasure, and, as is evident, the arrangement of saidbrushes may be changed Without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

The speed of the brushes may be varied at pleasure by changing therelative size of the gearsf and g, as is evident, and also by regulatingthe speed of the motor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-Washing machine, the combination of a shaft having asocket formed in its end, a tube Z, fitted to slide in the socket, saidtube having a series of threaded perforations formed in it, a brushhaving its stein fitted to slide in said tube, and a set-screw m, tappedthrough the socket on the shaft and entering one of the perforations inthe sliding tube and bearing on the stem of the brush,

whereby the tube and brush may be adjusted independently of each otherand independentlyof the socket and beheld rigidly against longitudinalmovement in any of their adjusted positions, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination of the brush-carryingshaft, said shaft having a reduced outerend, an annular shoulder orcollar on said reduced end, the brush carried by the said shaft, andsuitable driving mechanism, and an elastic buffer tapered toward itsouter end and sprung over the aunular shoulder or collar on the reducedouter end of the brush-carrying shaft, substantially as described.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELVIN RAIDLINE.

\Vitnesses:

J. FRANK JOHNSTON, \VILLIAM H. FLY.

